Means for knitting



Feb. 16, 1937. E. R. PACE 2,071,289

MEANS FOR KNITTING 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 24, 1934 Feb. 16, 1937.E. R. PACE 2,071,289

MEANS FOR KNITTING ,Filed Dec. 24, 1954 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 EVERETT F PACEFeb. 16, 1937. E. R. PACE 2,071,289

MEANS FOR KNITTING Filed Dec. 24, 1934 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 EVEQETT R. Paceawe/whom Aha 51m Patented Feb. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE2,071,239 MEANS 'Fon KNITTING Everett R. Pace, Belmont, N. 0., assignor,by direct and mesne assignments, of one-hall. to iRagan KnittingCompany, Thomasville, N. (3., a corporation of North Carolina, andone-half to Maurice Mills Company, Thomasville, N. C., a corporation ofNorth Carolina Application December 24, 1934, Serial No. 759,123

'8 Claims (01. 66-12) -of the stocking together with a ribbed portionand then a leg portion together with a heel, toe'and foot portion. Whenthe stocking leaves this machine it is a complete stocking with theexception of looping the toe after the stocking is completed'on theknitting machine.

It is therefore, an object of this invention to lay in an elastic strandof yarn in the ribbed top portion of the stocking which will give acertain amount of resiliency to the top of the stocking and cause thetop of the stocking to remain in elevated position on the leg of thewearer without the necessity of employing supporters of any kind.

It is a further object of this invention to provide means on anautomatic seamless knitting machine whereby this strand of elastic yarnmay be laid into the top of the stocking simultaneously with theknitting of the ribbedtop portion thereof, thus eliminating thenecessity of knitting the ribbed top and laying in the yarn on onemachine and then transferring the top to another machine to finish thestocking.

Heretofore, it has been possible to knit elastic yarn in the ribbed topportion of a stockng but this takes a great quantity of yarn and greatlydecreases the elasticity of the yarn on account of knitting it into theribbed top portion under tension, By laying in a strand of yarn as willbe described in the annexed specification, only onethird as much yarn isrequired in the top of the stocking as would be required should the yarnbe knitted therein and in addition the elasticity of the yarn has notbeen materially decreased.

Another object of this invention is to provide means whereby elasticyarn can be laid into the ribbed top portion of the stocking in anautomatic seamless knitting machine so that the dial and cylinderneedles will knit the conventional top yarn around the elastic yarnwithout engaging the elastic yarn and knitting it in any manner exceptto engage the yarn at the beginning of the strand and to knit the freeend into the stocking by a few needles.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objectswill appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, in which:--- v Figure 1 is an elevation ofthe upper portion of a knitting machine showing my invention attachedthereto;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of Figure 1 showing in section the means forsupporting the dial cap;

Figure 3 is a sectional 'plan view taken along the line 3-3 in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken along line 4-4 in Figure 2showing themeans for feedv ing the laid-in strand of yarn to theneedles;

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view taken along line 5-5 in Figure 2showing the means for cutting and clamping the yarn when the yarn iswithdrawn from the needles;

Figure 6 is a view of the yarn cutting and clamping means shown inFigure 5, but showing them in opened position;

Figure 7 is a view of the opposite side of Fig= ure 6;

Figure 8 is a view looking at the left hand portion of Figure 6 showingthe yarn cutting and clamping means in an opened position about toengage a strand of yarn;

Figure 9 is a sectional view through the striping drum showing the camarrangement for operating the yarn feeding finger as shown in Figures 2and 4; I

Figure 10 is a sectional view taken through the striping drum at anotherpoint showing the means for operating the needle leveling cam and alsothe cam for operating the extra short butt needles in this structure;

Figure 11 is an elevation of the upper portion of a stocking made inaccordance with my invention;

Figure 12 is an enlarged portion of the stocking shown in Figure 11showing the strand of yarn laid therein;

Figure 13 is a view looking at the lower portion of Figure 12;

Figure 14 is an elevational detail showing dial and cylinder needlesengaging the top yarn and showing the elastic yarn being laid in;

Figure 15 is a diagrammatic view looking down on the dial and cylinderneedles and also showing the yarn feeding finger feeding the laid-instrand on top of the top loop.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral l0 denotes asuitable support for a knitting machine which has mounted thereon anupwardly projecting bracket II, which has secured to the upper endthereof a cam ring l2. This cam ring has a plurality of conventionalcams mounted therein for operating the needles and mounted inside ofthese cams is a cylinder l3. The cylinder I 3 has'suitable grooves inthe exterior surface thereof in which are mounted conventional needles Iand extra short butt needles Ila.

A conventional sinker ring I5 is disposed near the top 01' cylinder I3and has aplurality of sinkers Iia mounted-therein to aid the cylinderneedles in shedding their loops.

Latch ring l6 ispivoted to latch ring bracket I! by any suitable meanssuch as bolt l8. Mounted concentrically of latch ring bracket I 6 is adial cap l8 which has conventional dial needles 28 and cast-oil? needles2| mounted therein, (see F18. 4.) v

It is a well known fact that in the art of knitting, during the knittingof a ribbed top of a stocking that the dial needles 20 and 2| knit theoutside ribs of the stocking while the cylinder needles knit the insiderib. In other words, by referring to Figure 12, it I allow the ribs orwales c to be knitted by the cylinder needles then the ribs or wales dwill be knitted by the dial needles. 0! course it is the generalpractice to render onehalf of the cylinder needles in an inoperativeposition while the rib is being knitted because there are twice as manycylinder needles as there are dial needles, and in order to cause thealternate loops to be knitted by cylinder and dial needles, thiselimination of alternate cylinder needles must be effected.

The structure thus far described, is conventional with the exception ofextra short butt nee-' dles Ha, but it is deemed necessary to describethis much of the old structure in order to disclose my invention moreclearly.

Briefly, my invention consists of a yarn feeding means, a combinationyarn cutting and clamping means, a yarn engaging means which iscomprised of a plurality of extra short butt needles, and meansassociated with the above named means for operating them in timedrelation to each other. It should be noted here that the elasticyarnnormally passes through the end 01 the yarn feeding means from theyarn package and has the end thereof clamped in the yarn clamping means,and in this case, the yarn is not being fed to the apparatus. When theyarn is desired to be laid into the stocking, the yarn feeding means islowered directly beneath the hooks oi the extra short butt needles.These needles. engage the yarn and immediately thereafter the yarnclamping means releases the end of the yarn so that the end may becarried around by the cylinder needles. When it is desired to retire thelaid-in yarn from the stocking, the yarn feeding means moves out frombeneath the hooks oi the needles and guides the strand into thecombination cutting and clamping means where the yarn is severed andclamped in a fixed position out 01 the path of the needles.

The cam ring i2 has secured thereto a vertically disposed support 25which is turned laterally at its uper end and has pivotally mounted inthe outstanding leg thereof, a yarn feeding finger 28 as at 21. Anotherbracket 28 is secured to the upper end oi. member 25 and has aprojection thereon which has mounted therein a set screw 28 for limitingthe travel in one direction of the feed finger 25. A tension spring 30normally holds the end of finger 26 nearest the observer. as seen inFigure 2, against set screw 29. Through the left-hand end of yarn finger2B is adapted to be fed an elastic strand of yarn 35 to the short buttneedles Ila. When the elastic yarn 3| is first introduced to theneedles, the finger 26 is in the position shown in Figures 2 and 4, andat this point the extra short butt needles Ma are in the position shownin Figures 3 and 4. These needles are usually spaced three or four in arow and are allowed to engage the end of the elastic yarn 3| and bepulled downwardly immediately thereafter, by means which will bepresently described.

At a point prior to the feeding of the elastic yarn, all of the needlesHa are allowed to remain up, therefore, after the point where theneedles Ila engage the yarn, the remainder of the needles I, whichfollow the needles Ha, in their rotation, have already been moveddownwardly so they will not engage the elastic yarn 3i and these needles[4 will remain in lowered position for about one-fourth revolution.

The lowered position of these needles will allow the strand 3| to moveinwardly against the top loops which are held by the dial and cylinderneedles and therefore will be laid in and not knitted when the yarnreaches the knitting point. It should be noted that the needles Ma willbe allowed to rise to the position shown in Figure 4 at the feed finger26 which is not high enough to allow the top loop to pass beneath latchI 4b. This will prevent the latch D from pivoting laterally and engagingthe left-hand end of finger 26.

In conventional knitting, the sinkers l3a which are mounted in thesinker ring I5 move to the position as shown in Figure 4 to cause theloops to shed but the loops will rest on the top of these sinkers and beengaged by the hook I31) and when in this position it is evident thatsince the loop is encircled around the right-hand upper end of needleHa, that the latch Mb will be held downwardly in the position shown inFigure 4, The right-hand end of finger 28 has pivotally secured theretoa horizontally disposed link 34 which projects to the left in Figure 1and is slidably mounted in a stud in the upper end of a verticallydisposed arm 35. This arm 35 projects downwardly and is'secured to aprojection on another arm 36 pivoted as at 31, said arm 36 being adaptedto follow a cam 38 on the striping drum 38. In the position shown inFigure 9 the arm 38 has been caused to move off of cam 39 inwardlyagainst the drum 38.

The tension spring 40 which is secured to the upper portion of arm 35and the tension spring 38 secured to the end of finger 26, normallycause the lower end of arm 36 to follow the cam 39 on the surface of thestriping drum 38. When it is desired to withdraw the elastic yarn fromthe top oi? the stocking the cam 39 is allowed to move under the lowerend of the arm 38 which will cause the horizontally disposed link 34 tomove to the left and cause the yarn finger 21 to move to the dotted lineposition as shown in Figure 2. When this is done the elastic yarn 3| isthrown into the jaws of the combination clamp and shears which is shownin detail in Figures 5 to 8 inclusive, and is held thereinuntil the yarnis again introduced to the stocking by the means which has just beendescribed. The combination clamp and shears 38 is pivotally mounted on abracket 31 which bracket is secured as at 31a to a vertically disposedbracket 38. Bracket 38 projects downwardly and is secured to the camring l2. By referring to Figure 8 the structure of the clamp andshearing mechanism is more clearly shown. Adjoining the bracket 31 andpivotally connected thereto by bolt 40 is a flexible, movable member 4|which slidably contacts the stationary upper jaw 42. Another thinflexible member 43 which is similar in all respects to the member 4| isplaced beside the stationary 'a fixedupper jaw 45 which forms the uppershearing portion of the shears, and pivotally secured adjacent theleft-hand side of member 45 is the lower member 46 of the shears whichis adapted to move downwardly upon the yarn and sever it. All of themembers 4|, 42, 43, 45 and 46 are pressed in close contact with eachother by means of a compression spring 41 which is confined on theleft-hand end of pin 40 by any suitable means such as cotter key 48 andwasher 48a. The member 42 is stationary and forms the upper portion ofthe clamping means and the members 4| and 43 are pivotally mounted onpin 49 and forms the lower dog of the clamping means, whereas, themember 45 is fixedly mount ed on pin 4|! and forms the upper portion ofthe shears and the member 46 is pivotally mounted von bolt 40 and formsthe lower shearing member. A suitable rod 49, which is bent at its end,penetrates the upper ends of members 4 43 and 46 and is adapted to movethe upper ends of these members from the position shown in Figure 5 tothe position shown in Figures 6 and 7 to cause the same to open and toreceive the yarn when the finger 26 is in the dotted line position asshown in Figure 2. This rod 49 has a collar 50 fixedly mounted thereonwhich engages the bracket 5| and limits the movement to the right of rod49 in Figure 5. The rod 49 has its other end slidably mounted in a stud52, said stud 52 being mounted in the upper end of bracket 5|. Bracket5| has a suitable slot 5la therein which is penetrated by a set screw 53which screw is adapted to confine the member 5| to the bracket 37 andthe slot 5|a provides means whereby the elevation of the right-hand endof rod 49 may be adjusted to the proper level.

A tension spring 54 engages the upper end of member 46 and normallytends to pull the shearing and clamping members in a closed position.

It is seen in Figures 2 and 5 that the extreme left-hand end of rod 49is adapted to be contacted by a bar 56 which is pivoted as at 51 to theupper end of a bracket 58, and the other end of bar 56 normally hassliding contact with a pin 59 which is secured in the end of lever 60,said lever 60 being fixedly secured to the upper end of a rod 6| whichis mounted for oscillation in a bracket 62 which is supported on theupper surface of cam ring |2. The lower end of rod 6| has a lever 64fixedly secured thereon and this lever has a link 65 secured thereto asat 66. The other end of link 65 is pivotally secured as at 61 to avertically disposed link 68 which projects downwardly and is secured toan arm 69 pivoted as at 31, said arm 69 being adapted to follow a cam 10on striping drum 38. It is evident that when the lower end of arm 69rides on top of cam surface 10 that the rod 6| will be caused to rotateFigures 5 to 8 inclusive.

I The cams are so positioned on the striping drum that when the arm 36fallsoff of the cam 39 to cause the finger 26 to feed the elastic yarnto the needles that the arm 69 will very soon thereafter engage the camHi to cause the clamping means to release the end of the yarn.

The conventional needle leveling arm 13 is pivoted as at 14 to cam ringl2 and has pivotally secured in the arm I5 thereof, a link 16. Fixedlysecured on rod 16 is a stud 11 which is adapted to contact one side of apin 18 which extends outwardly from the side of cam arm 19. Cam arm 19is pivoted as at to cam ring 12 and its righthand end has cam 19athereon, see Figure 3, which is adapted to engage the butts of theneedles and cause them to move downwardly at this point. The outstandingpin 18 is contacted by the stud 11 which causes the cam arm 19 with thecam 19a on the end thereof, to move outwardly. A torsion spring 8|normally forces the cam 19a inwardly into contact with the butts ofneedles whereas the stud Tl contacts the pin it and normally tends toforce the cam outwardly. When the elastic yarn 3| is first introducedinto the machine to the short butt needles iia, as shown in Figure 4.the arm 19 is caused to rotate in a clockwise manner to the positionshown in Figure 3, barely enough to clear the short butt needles Na andlet them pass by at an elevation shown in Figure 4 but cam 19a willengage the long butt needles I4 and move them downwardly. This willallow the needles |4a to engage the yarn 3| and carry it into themachine to be knitted. The cam 19a on the end of arm 19 is operated bythe link 16 which extends laterally and is pivoted to the upper end ofheel and toe lever 62 which is pivoted as at 83 and the lower end ofsaid lever 82 normally contacts the main drum 84. A tension'spring 82ais secured to lever 82 and bracket 62 to force the lower end of lever 62against main drum 84.

A link 85 is pivotally secured directly below the upper end of lever 82and has its other end pivotr ally secured to an arm 86 which projectsdownwardly and is secured to arm 81. (See Fig. 10). The, arm 81 ispivotally secured as at 31 and the lower end of said arm normallycontacts the surface of striping drum 38 or the cam 66. It is evidentthat when the lower end of arm 67 contacts the cam 88 on the stripingdrum that the link 85 in Figure 1, will be moved to the left to actuatethe arm 16 and the pin 76 to cause the cam 19a on'the end of lever 19 tobe moved outwardly a slight amount. It is also evident that this actionwillalso actuate the lever 82 which operates on the main drum 84, butthis last actuation will not affect the pattern in any way. The lowerend of lever 91 is allowed to remain on cam 86 long enough for four orfive of the extra short butt needles to engage the yarn and immediatelyafter this is done the lever contacts the surface of the drum 38 andallows the cam 79a on the end of lever 19 to move inwardly and engageall of the butts on the needles, including the extra short butt needleson each succeeding revolution.

these needles and pulls them down almost immediately after they haveengaged the elastic yarn 3|. This will knit the starting end of theelastic yarn into the stocking when the short butt needles reach theregular knitting point to cause it to be firmly engaged therein at thestarting point. The

lever 98 is pivoted as at 91 to the cam ring I2 and has another leg 98to which is pivoted the horizontally disposed link 99.

The left-hand end of link 99 (Figure 1) is resiliently mounted in oneend'of the bell crank I00, said bell crank I being pivotally mounted asat IN. The other end of bell crank I00 is pivoted to arm I02 whichprojects downwardly to the main drum 84 and is adapted to operate on acam surface I03. A tension spring I04 normally pulls the lever I02 intocontact with the cam surface I03 at all times, and it is seen that whenthis lever is mounted on top of cam surface I03, that the cam lever 96and the cam 95 will be caused to move inwardly and engage all of theneedles which are up at this point and to pull them downwardly. Figure'11 shows the upper portion of a stocking made in accordance with myinvention, the stocking being denoted by reference character I06 whichhas a conventional welt I 01 and a laid-in portion I08. Figure 12 showsan enlarged view of a portion of the laid-in part of the stocking I08,in which the elastic strands of yarn 3| have been laid in between thealternate wales or ribs c and d, which are knitted by the cylinderneedles and the dial needles.

Figures 14 and 15 show the position of the strand after it has beenintroduced into the fabric. The top yarn IIO after it has been engagedby the dial and alternate cylinder needles acts as a support for theelastic strand 3|. After the feed finger 26 has been moved to feedingposition as shown in Figure 2, the cam 19a is moved outwardly slightlyto cause it to miss two or three of the short butt needles Ila and thusfail to lower the same, but all of the remaining needles will belowered. Then the short butt needles Ila are engaged by the cam 95 whichlowers the -said short butt needles and causes them to engage theelastic yarn with their hooks and carry the elastic yarn around thecylinder. Then the conventional cam 73 raises all of the needles andthus all needles remain raised until they pass the throat plate wherethe regular yarns are introduced and then immediately after the needlespass the throat plate, knitting is effected in a conventional manner byall needles, including the short butt needles Ila. Therefore, it is seenthat the short butt neeclles Ila are lowered to engage the elastic yarnby the cam 95 but are not lowered enough to knit,

as knitting takes place at the conventional knitting point.

Therefore, upon successive revolutions all of the needles at the pointof feeding will remain low ered and the elastic yarn will be allowed tomove over behind the cylinder needles I4 and on top of the top yarn H0and assume a position as shown in Figures 14 and 15. It is evident then,that when the yarn is carried around to the knitting point that thisstrand will not be knitted but will be laid in between the alternatewales c and d which are knitted by the cylinder needles and dial needlesrespectively.

In the drawings and specification there has been set forth a preferredembodiment of the invention, and although specific terms are employed,they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not forpurposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth inthe appended claims.

The conventional throat plate is designated reference character I20while the yarn feed fingers are designated by reference characters I2Iand I22.

I claim:

1. In a circular knitting machine having dia l and cylinder needles,means for feeding an elastic yarn to the knitting machine at a pointremoved from the knitting point in the machine, said machine having afew short butt needles for engaging the free end of said yarn andcarrying the elastic yarn around to the regular knitting "point of themachine to knit it into the fabric for afew loops at its point ofintroduction, so

that the remaining portion of said yarn is fed at a point below the dialneedles and over the top of the cylinder needles whereby the yarn is notknitted by either the cylinder or dial needles other than at its pointof introduction but is laid in between the loops formed by theseneedles.

2. In a circular knitting machine having dial and cylinder needles, ayarn cutting and clamping means disposed outside the cylinder needlecircle for normally holding the free end of a strand of yarn, a yarnfeeding means disposed outside the cylinder needle circle at a. pointremoved from the clamping and cutting means so that a straight linebetween the clamp and cutter and the end of the yarn feeding means whenit is moved to feeding position will pass through the short buttneedles, a few short butt needles for engaging the yarn which is held bysaid clamping means when said yarn is delivered to the stocking by saidyarn feeding means, means for lowering said short butt needles to engagesaid yarn and carrylng said yarn around to the conventional knittingpoint to knit a portion of said yarn into the stocking, and means forreleasing said clamping means after said yarn has been engaged by saidshort butt needles.

3. In a circular knitting machine having dial and cylinder needles, ayarn cutting and clamping means disposed outside the cylinder needlescircle for normally holding the free end of a strand of yarn, a yarnfeeding means disposed outside the cylinder needle circle for normallyholding said strand of yarn out of engagement with the cylinder needles,a short butt cylinder needle for engaging the yarn which is held by saidclamping means when said yarn is delivered to feeding position by saidyarn feeding means, means for lowering said short butt needle to causeit to engage said yarn and carry it around the cylinder to the regularknitting point to knit a portion of said yarn into the stocking when itis first introduced, means for releasing said clamping means after saidyarn has been engaged by said short butt needle, so that the remainderofsaid yarn is fed at a point below the dial needles and behind thelowered cylinder needles whereby the yarn is not knitted by either thecylinder or dial needles but is laid in between the loops formed by thedial and cylinder needles.

4. In a circular knitting machine having cylinder and dial needles, ayarn cutting and clamping means disposed outside the cylinder needlecircle for normally holding the free end of a strand of yarn, a yarnfeeding means disposed outside the needle circle at a point removed farenough from the feeding means to throw the yarn into the needle circlewhen the feeding means are moved to feeding position for normallyholding said strand of yarn out of engagement with the cylinder needles,a short butt cylinder needle for engaging the yarn which is held by saidclamping means when said yarn is ing said clamping means after said yarnhas been engaged by the said short butt needle, whereby the remainder ofsaid yarn is fed at a point below the dial needles and behind thelowered cylinder needies and is not knitted by either the cylinder ordial needles except the short butt needles, but is laid in between theloops formed by the dial and cylinder needles and means for retiring theend of said yarn feeding means from operative position to cause it toguide the strand of yarn into engagement with the yarn cutting andclamping means. i

5. In a circular knitting machine having a revolving cylinder having aplurality of needles mounted therein for vertical movement and includingshort butt needles, said machine also having a revolving dial equippedwith dial needles, means for feeding yarn to the cylinder and dialneedles, means for feeding an elastic strand of yarn below. the dialneedles, means for lowering all of the cylinder needles except the'shortbutt needles while the said yarn is first being introduced below thedial needles, whereby the said yarn is fed over the topsof the cylinderneedles and onto the yarn on both the cylinder and dial needles, meansfor lowering all of the cylinder needles at the point where the elasticyarn is being fed on subsequent rounds of the cylinder after the elasticyarn is fed to the short butt needles, means for withdrawing the saidyarn from feeding position, means for rendering the short butt needlelowering means inoperative while the said yarn is withdrawn from feedingposition, combined means for clamping and cutting said yarn when it iswithdrawn from feeding position, and means for releasing said elasticyarn from said clamping means when it is again introduced to feedingposition.

6. In a circular knitting machine having cyl inder and dial needles, thecylinder needles including one or more short butt needles, means forlowering all of the cylinder needles except the short butt needles at apoint in advance of their reaching their normal knitting position, meansfor feeding a yarn to the cylinder needles at their knitting point, amovable elastic yarn feed finger disposed outside the needle circle andto one side of the point where the cylinder needles are lowered andhaving an eye in one end thereof adapted to travel close to the outsideof the needle circle while the needles are lowered, a combined yarncutter and clamp disposed also outside the needle circle and on theotherside of said point where the cylinder needles are lowered so that astraight line from the hole in the elastic yarn feeding finger and theclamp will pass through the needle circle to cause the elastic yarn whenintroduced to the short butt needle or needles to be engaged thereby andcarried to the conventional knitting point of the machine to be knittedand whereby the said yarn will pass'over the lowered cylinder needlesand be laid onto the yarn held on the cylinder and dial needles.

'7. In a circular knitting machine having cylinder and dial needlesincluding short butt cylinder needles, means for feeding yarn to theneedles to form a stocking by knitting a plurality of loops, means forlowering all of the cylinder needles except the short butt needles at apoint in each revolution, means for then lowering the short buttneedles, means for introducing an elastic strand along a chord of theneedle circle at the point where the short butt needles are loweredwhereby the elastic yarn is engaged by the short butt needles andcarried to the knitting point of the machine and is passed over thelowered needles and laid in below the plane of the dial needles andbackof the cylinder needles.

8. In a circular knitting machine having cylinder and dial needles forforming loops in the knitting of a stocking, means for feeding anelastic strand of yarn to the needles to be knitted for a loop or twoand then laid in between the loops held by the dial and cylinder needlescomprising one or more short butt cylinder needles, means for loweringall of the cylinder needles except the short butt needles, means forlowering the short butt needles to engage the elastic strand, yarncutting and clamping means located outside the needle circle and to oneside of the point where the needles are lowered, a yarn feed fingermounted outside the needle circle and on the other side of the pointwhere the needles are lowered and having one end thereof provided withan eye for receiving the elastic yarn, the end having the eye thereinbeing movable into close proximity to the outside of the cylinderneedles on the other side of the point where the needles are lowered andwhereby the elastic yarn is thrown into the short butt needles to beengaged and carried to the knitting point to be knitted for one or moreloops and; the remainder to be laid between the loops formed by thecylinder and dial needles.

EVERETT R. PACE.

